GNU bug report logs - #78509
Coreutils' mv and cp 9.5 do not work properly on old PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11, Tiger

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>

Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 16:13:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
Cc: 78509 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78509: Coreutils' mv and cp 9.5 do not work properly on old PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11, Tiger
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 15:47:30 -0700

On 5/22/25 10:08, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Somewhere in mv.c it happens that variable target-directory gets loaded with the value "out\0".

Surely this occurs in src/mv.c's line "target_directory = d;". Please 
investigate how mv got there.
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